office worker; staff member; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
职 (zhí) · 11 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 只 represents the sound. Simplified form of 職.
员 (yuán) · 7 strokes
Simplified form of 員. Depicts the round opening (口) of a cooking pot (鼎). Based on the original meaning "round", now written as 圓. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.